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COUNTY  OF  LOS  ANGELES 
CHARTER 


SOUTHERN  BRANCH, 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA. 

LIBRARY, 

LOS  ANGELES,  CALIF, 


OUNTY  OF  LOS  ANGELES 
CHARTER 

(ANNOTATED) 


PREPARED  BY  BOARD  OF  FREEHOLDERS 
RATIFIED  BY  THE  VOTERS  OF  THE  COUNTY 
APPROVED  BY  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE 
IN  EFFECT 


SEPT.  24,  1912 

OCT.       5,  1912 

JAN.    29,  1913 

JUNE    2,  1913 


INCLUDING 

(XTRACT    FROM     THE    CONSTITUTION    OF    THE    STATE    OF 
CALIFORNIA  AUTHORIZING  ADOPTION  OF  COUNTY 

CHARTERS 
and 
INTRODUCTION  TO  CHARTER 
HON.  LEWIS   R.   WORKS,   JUDGE   OF   SUPERIOR   COURT,   LOS  ANGELES 

COUNTY 


ANNOTATED  AND  ARRANGED  BY  A.  J.  HILL,  COUNTY  COUNSEL. 
PUBLISHED  BY  THE  COUNTY  OF  LOS  ANGELES,  MARCH  15,  1919. 


BOARD  OF  FREEHOLDERS: 

N.  W.  THOMPSON,  President 

FREDERICK  BAKER  J.  M.  HUNTER 

WILLIS  H.  BOOTH  GEORGE  F.  KERNAGHAN 

T.  H.  DUDLEY  A.  M.  SALYER 

W.  A.  ENGLE  FRANK  R.  SEAVER 

DAVID  EVANS  J.  H.  STRINE 

LESLIE  R.  HEWITT  CHARLES  WELLBORN 

H.  C.  HUBBARD  LEWIS  R.  WORKS 


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Introduction  to  Charter 

B^   Lewis  R.  Works 


The  average  American  citizen  knows  less  about  the  government  of 
iiis  county  than  about  any  other  public  matter  which  merits  his  attention. 
<4  This  is  owing  to  the  fact  that  county  government,  so-called,  is  not 
county  self-government  at  all,  but  simply  state  government  of  counties. 
Xo  man  can  be  expected  easily  to  become  intimate  with  a  government 
1he  source  of  which  is  far  away,  even  though  it  prescribe  a  system  local 
in  its  application. 

The  Los  Angeles  County  Charter  is  a  concrete  presentation  of  the 
idea,  certainly  a  just  one,  that  the  right  of  local  self-government  belongs 
to  a  county,  as  well  as  to  any  other  political  subdivision.  To  be  more 
specific,  the  Charter,  insofar  as  the  state  constitution  permits,  excludes 
a  Siskiyou  County  member  of  the  legislature  from -taking- too  active  a 
part  in  the  government  of  Los  Angeles  County.  Under  present  condi- 
tions, the  county  is  governed  from  Sacramento.  Among  other  things,  the 
number  and  salaries  of  its  officers,  and  of  their  deputies,  depend  largely 
upon  trades  betAveen  members  of  the  legislature.  When  the  new  Charter 
Ix'coines  effective  we  may  solve  such  questions  for  ourselves. 

These  are  some  of  the  salient  featui-es  of  the  i)roposed  instrument: 

1.  Authority  is  more  strongly  centralized  in  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors than  under  the  system  now  in  existence.  Thei-e  is  thus  presented 
as  close  an  approximation  to  the  commission  form  of  city  government  as 
is  possible  in  a  county.  The  value  of  this  feature  lies  in  the  fact  that  it 
enables  the  citizen  to  easily  locate  responsibility  for  misgovernment  and 
to  apply  the  corrective,  the  recall,  if  need  be. 

2.  The  publicity  feature  of  the  commission  form,  a  necessary 
adjunct  to  the  fixing  of  responsibility,  is  preserved  in  the  Charter.  The 
Supervisors  are  required  to  publish  a  code  of  rules  prescribing  the  duties, 
and  fixing  systems  of  management,  accounts  and  reports,  for  the  offices, 
institutions  and  departments  of  the  county.  The  enforcement  of  these 
rules  by  the  Supervisors  is  also  specifically  commanded. 

*This  introduction  was  printed  with  tlio  C'liartcr,  upon  its  completion  by  the 
Freeholders,  and  was  for  tlic  purpose  of  forniajly  introducinj);  the  Charter  to  the 
electors  of  the  County. 


3.  The  number  of  elective  officers  is  greatly  reduced,  thus  applying 
the  principles  of  the  short  ballot,  with  all  the  advantages  Avhich  such  an 
application  implies. 

4.  Nearly  all  of  the  appointive  officers,  deputies,  clerks,  etc.,  are 
put  under  the  operation  of  civil  service,  which  will  place  and  keep  men 
in  the  county  offices  because  of  their  merit,  and  not  through  their  apt- 
ness as  political  precinct  workers,  irrespective  of  merit. 

5.  The  fee  system  of  compensation  for  officers  is  abolished.  They 
are  to  receive  salaries  alone  and  they  all,  including  the  constables,  are  to 
pay  into  the  county  treasury  all  fees  collected  by  them. 

6.  The  two  systems  heretofore  represented  by  the  sheriff's  office 
and  the  constables,  which  have  always  been  nt  war  with  each  other,  are 
consolidated  under  a  Constabulary  Department,  headed  by  the  sheriff. 

7.  The  Supervisors  are  relieved  of  the  duty  of  caring  for  the  roads 
in  their  respective  districts.  The  Charter  provides  for  a  Road  Commis- 
sioner, who  will  have  charge  of  the  roads  throughout  the  entire  county, 
subject  to  the  general  direction  of  the  Supervisors. 

8.  The  article  entitled  "Labor"  contains  several  advanced  pro- 
visions concerning  the  subject  of  which  it  treats. 

9.  The  recall  is  applied  to  both  elective  and  appointive  officers,  but 
can  be  used  against  officers  under  the  civil  service  only  after  a  petition 
for  removal  in  the  ordinary  course  is  filed  with,  the  Civil  Service  Com- 
mission, and  acted  upon. 

In  closing,  it  is  proper  to  say  a  few  words  concerning  the  question 
of  county  and  city  consolidation,  from  the  standpoint  of  the  Charter. 
It  was  feared  in  some  quarters,  when  work  on  the  Charter  was  first  com- 
menced, that  the  instrument  was  intended  to  foster  consolidation.  It  is 
an  answer  to  such  a  fear  to  assert  that  the  state  constitution  does  not 
permit  the  Charter  to  touch  upon  the  question.  It  is  a  further  answer 
to  say,  irrespective  of  the  constitutionality  of  such  a  provision,  that  the 
Charter  contains  not  a  word  upon  the  subject  of  consolidation,  nor  which 
can  further  consolidation. 

The  sole  aim  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders  has  been  to  provide  a 
system  which  will  be  an  improvement  upon  the  present  one.  The  method 
of  county  government  prevailing  throughout  the  entire  country  is  a  re- 
proach to  the  genius  and  attainments  of  the  American  peonle.    We  have 


endeavored,  in  the  Avork  now  placed  before  the  public,  to  lift  Los  Angeles 
County,  at  least,  a  little  above  the  common  plane. 

Even  though  the  Charter  contains  some  provisions  not  entirely  satis- 
factory to  the  reader,  he  should,  in  his  personal  interest  and  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  community,  let  his  verdict  depend  upon  the  question  as  to 
whether,  on  the  whole,  it  is  a  step  forwai'd.  By  such  a  measure  must  all 
laAvs  be  judged. 


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EXTRACT  FROM  CONSTITUTION 

Note : 

The  constitutional  pi'ovision  aiithoi-iziiig  counties  to  frame  and  adopt 
charters  for  their  own  government  is  found  in  Article  XI,  section  lY:^. 
The  amendment  adding  section  7I/2  was  proposed  by  the  Legislature  in 
1911  (Stats.  1911,  p.  2168)  and  approved  October  10,  1911.  This  section 
was  then  amended  by  an  amendment  proposed  by  the  Legislature  in  191)3 
(Stats.  1913,  p.  1733),  adopted  at  the  general  election  Nov.  3,  1914.  The 
amendment  of  1913  consisted  of  a  minor  change  in  the  wording  of  the 
first  sentence  of  Article  XI,  section  T^/o,  and  the  addition  of  a  new  sub- 
division numbered  4%,  the  section  in  other  respects  remaining  un- 
(rhanged.  The  following  shows  l)oth  the  t(>xt  of  the  original  section  71/0 
and  of  the  amendment  of  1913: 


"ARTICLE  XI.     Cities,  Counties  and  Towns" 
"Freeholders'  Charters  for  Counties" 

"Section  7I/2.  Any  county  may  frame  a  charter 
for  its  own  government  consistent  with  and  subject 
to  the  Constitution  (or.  having  framed  such  a  char- 
ter, may  frame  a  new  one),  relating  to  the  matters 
hereinafter  in  this  section  specified,  and  none  other, 
by  causing  a  board  of  fifteen  freeholders,  who  have 
been  for  at  least  five  years  qualified  electors  thei-eof, 
to  be  elected  by  the  qualified  electors  of  said  county, 
at  a  general  or  special  election." 

[As  amended  in  1913  tlu^  foi-egoing  sentence 
reads  .- 

Scope  of  Charter.  "Section  I'^A.     Any  county  may  frame  a  cliartei' 

for  its  own  government  consistent  with  and  sul)ject 
to  the  constitution  (or,  having  framed  such  a.  char- 
ter, may  frame  a  new  one.)  and  relating  to  matters 
authorized  by  provisions  of  the  constitution,  by  caus- 
ing a  l)oard  of  fifteen  fi'eeholders,  who  have  been  for 
at  least  five  yeai's  ((iialified  electors  thereof,  to  be 
elected  by  the  qualifitnl  electors  of  said  county,  at  ;i 
general  or  special  (^lection." — Stats.  1913.  ]).  1733. j 


Board  of  Freeholders 
elected  pursuant  to 
Ordinance  or  Peti- 
tion. 


Petition. 


Special   Election. 


Said  board  of  freeholders  may  be  elected  in  jiur- 
suance  of  an  ordinance  adopted  by  the  vote  of 
three-fifths  of  all  the  members  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  such  county,  declaring  that  the  public 
interest  requires  the  election  of  such  board  for 
the  purpose  of  preparing  and  proposing  a  charter 
for  said  county,  or  in  pursuance  of  a  petition  of 
qualified  electors  of  said  county  as  hereinafter 
provided.  Such  petition,  signed  by  fifteen  per 
centum  of  the  qualified  electors  of  said  county,  com- 
puted upon  the  total  number  of  votes  cast  therein 
for  all  candidates  for  governor  at  the  last  preceding 
general  election  at  which  a  governor  was  elected, 
praying  for  the  election  of  a  board  of  fifteen  free- 
holders to  prepare  and  propose  a  charter  for  said 
county,  may  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  county  clerk, 
within  twenty  days  after  the  filing  of  said  petition, 
to  examine  the  same,  and  to  ascertain  from  the 
record  of  the  registration  of  electors  of  the  county, 
whether  said  petition  is  signed  by  the  requisite 
number  of  qualified  electors.  If  required  by  said 
clerk,  the  board  of  supervisors  shall  authorize  him 
to  employ  persons  specially  to  assist  him  in  the 
work  of  examining  such  petition,  and  shall  provide 
for  their  compensation.  Upon  the  completion  of 
such  examination,  said  clerk  shall  forthwith  attach 
to  said  petition  his  certificate,  properly  dated,  show- 
ing the  result  thereof,  and  if,  by  said  certificate,  it 
shall  appear  that  said  petition  is  signed  by  the 
requisite  number  of  qualified  electors,  said  clerk 
shall  immediately  present  said  petition  to  the  board 
of  supervisors,  if  it  be  in  session,  otherwise  at  its 
next  regular  meeting  after  the  date  of  such  cer- 
tificate. Upon  the  adoption  of  such,  ordinance,  or 
the  presentation  of  such  petition,  said  board  of 
supervisors  shall  order  the  holding  of  a  special  elec- 
tion for  the  purpose  of  electing  such  board  of  free- 
holders, which  said  special  election  shall  be  held 
not  less  than  twenty  days  nor  more  than  sixty  days 
after  the  adoption  of  the  ordinance  aforesaid  or  the 
presentation  of  said  petition  to  said  board  of  super- 
visors ;  provided,  that  if  a  general  election  shall 
occur  in  said  county  not  less  than  twenty  days  nor 
more  than  sixty  days  after  the  adoption  of  the  or- 
dinance aforesaid,  or  such  presentation  of  said  peti- 


tiou    to    said    boaixl    of   suix-rvisors,    said    hoard    of 
freeholders  may  be  (dected  at  such  general  election. 
Candidates  for  election  as  members  of  said  board  of 
freeholders    shall    be    nominated    by    petition,    sub- 
stantially in  the  same  manner  as  may  be  provided 
by  general  laAv  for  the  nomination,  ))y  petition  of 
electors,  of  candidates  for  county  offices,  to  be  voted 
Duty    of    Board    of      for  at  general   elections.     It  shall  be  the  dutv  of 
Freeholders    to    pre-      ^^j^  ^^^^^    f  freeholders,  Avithin  one  hundred^  and 
pare  Charter.  i        r.  i       i        •  in 

twenty  days  alter  the  result  of  such  election  shall 

have  been  declared  by  said  board  of  supeivisors,  to 
prepare  and  propose  a  charter  for  said  county, 
Avhich  shall  be  signed  in  duplicate  by  the  members 
of  said  board  of  freeholders,  or  a  majority  of  them, 
and  be  filed,  one  copy  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk  of  said  county  and  the  other  in  the  office  of 
Publication  of  Pro-  ^j^g  countv  recorder  thereof.  Said  board  of  super- 
posed Charter.  .  i    %i    ,i  -i  i     i       .^ 

visors  shall  thereupon  cause  said  proposed  charter 

to  be  published  for  at  least  ten  times  in  a  daily 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  printed,  published 
and  circulated  in  said  county;  provided,  that  in  any 
county  where  no  such  daily  neAvspaper  is  printed, 
published  and  circulated,  such  proposed  charter 
shall  be  published  for  at  least  three  times  in  at 
least  one  Aveekly  ncAvspaper,  of  general  circulation, 
printed,  published  and  circulated  in  such  county; 
and  provided,  that  in  any  county  Avhere  neither 
such  daily  nor  such  Aveekly  ncAvspaper  is  printed, 
published  and  circulated,  a  copy  of  such  proposed 
charter  shall  be  posted  by  the  county  clerk  in  three 
public  places  in  said  county,  and  on  or  near  the  en- 
trance to  at  least  one  public  schoolhouse  in  each 
school  district  in  said  county,  and  the  first  publica- 
tion or  the  posting  of  such  proposed  charter  shall 
be  made  within  fifteen  days  after  the  filing  of  a 
copy  thereof,  as  aforesaid,  in  the  office  of  the  county 
clerk.  Said  proposed  charter  shall  be  submitted  by 
said  board  of  supervisors  to  the  qualified  electors  of 
Special  Election  ^^^^  county  at  a  special  election  held  not  less  than 

thirty  days  nor  more  than  sixty  days  after  the  com- 
pletion of  such  publication,  or  after  such  posting; 
provided,  that  if  a  general  election  shall  occur  in 
said  county  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more  than 
sixty  days  after  the  completion  of  such  publication, 
or  after  such  posting,  then  such  proposed  charter 
nuiA'  be  so  submitted  at  such  genei-al  election.     If  a 


majority  of  said  (lualified  electors,  voting  tliereon  at 
such  general  or  special  election,  shall  vote  in  favor 
of  such  proposed  charter,  it  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
w.+;fi,.f;  .,  ^..r  ratified,   and  shall   be  forthwith  submitted  to   the 

Voters.  '  legislature,  ii  it  be  m  regular  session,  otherwise  at 

its  next  regular  session,  or  it  may  be  submitted  to 
the  legislature  in  extraordinary  session,  for  its  ap- 
Apprnvrd  i.v  Leoisla-      P^oval  or  rejection  as   a  whole,  without  power  of 
ture.  *'  alteration  or  amendment.     Such   approval  may  be 

made  by  concurrent  resolution,  and  if  approved  by 
a  majority  vote  of  the  members  elected  to  each 
house,  such  charter  shall  become  the  charter- of  such 
county  and  shall  become  the  organic  law  thereof 
relative  to  the  matters  therein  provided,  and  super- 
sede any  existing  charter  framed  under  the  pro- 
visions of  this  section,  and  all  amendments  thereof, 
and  shall  supersede  all  laws  inconsistent  with  such 
charter  relative  to  the  matters  provided  in  such 
charter.  A  copy  of  such  charter,  certified  and 
authenticated  by  the  chairman  and  clerk  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  under  the  seal  of  said  board 
and  attested  by  the  county  cler-k  of  said  county, 
setting  forth  the  submission  of  such  charter  to  the 
electors  of  said  county,  and  its  ratification  by  them, 
shall,  after  the  approval  of  such  charter  by  the 
legislature,  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  filed,  one  in 
FjiiiKT  with  Secret-uv  *^^  officc  of  the  Secretary  of  state  and  the  other, 
of  St'ate.  after  being  recorded  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of 

said  county,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  county 
Judieiiil  notice  by  clcrk  thereof,  and  thereafter  all  coui'ts  shall  take 
Courts.  judicial  notice  of  said  charter. 

AinendiHcuts:  The  charter,  so  ratified,  may  be  amended  by  pro- 

1.  Proposed  by  Board      posals  therefor  submitted  by  the  board  of  super- 
►  up  1V1S018.  visors  of  the  county  to  the  qualified  electors  thereof 

at  a  general  or  special  election  held  not  less  than 
thirty  days  nor  more  than  sixty  days  after  the  pub- 
lication of  such  proposals  for  ten  times  in  a  daily 
newspaper  of  general  circulation,  printed,  published 
and  circulated  in  said  county;  provided,  that  in  any 
county  where  no  such  daily  newspaper  is  printed, 
published  and  circulated,  such  proposed  charter 
Publication  shall  be  published  for  at  least  three  times  in  at 

least  one  weekly  newspaper,  of  general  circulation, 
printed,  published  and  circulated  in  such  county; 
provided,  that  in  any  county  Avhere  neither  such 
daily  nor  such  weekly  newspaper  is  printed,  pub- 

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Election. 
Ratification   by 
Voters. 


Approval   by   Leg- 
islature. 


Amendments     jn'o- 
posed  by  Petition. 


lislicd  and  cii-culatecl,  a  copy  of  such  proposed  char- 
tei'  shall  1)6  i)osted  by  the  county  cleik  in  three 
public  places  in  said  county,  and  on  or  near  the 
entiance  to  at  least  one  i)ul)lic  schoolhouse  in  each 
school  district  in  said  county.  If  a  majority  of  such 
qualified  electors  voting  thereon,  at  such  general  or 
special  election,  shall  vote  in  favor  of  such  proposed 
amendment  or  amendments,  or  any  amendment  or 
amendments  pi'oposed  by  petition  as  hereinafter 
provided,  such  amendment  or  amendments  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  ratified,  and  shall  be  forthwith  sid)- 
mitted  to  the  legislature,  if  it  be  in  regular  session, 
otherwise  at  its  next  regular  session,  or  may  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  legislature  in  extraordinary  session, 
for  approval  or  rejection  as  a  whole,  without  power 
of  alteration  or  amendment,  and  if  api)roved  by  the 
legislature,  as  herein  provided  for  the  approval  of 
the  charter,  such  charter  shall  be  amended  accord- 
ingl.y.  A  copy  of  such  amendment  or  amendments 
shall,  after  the  approval  thereof  by  the  legislature, 
be  made  in  duplicate,  and  shall  be  authenticated, 
certified,  recorded  and  filed  as  herein  provided  for 
the  charter,  and  with  like  force  and  effect.  When- 
ever a  petition  signed  by  ten  per  centum  of  the 
qualified  electors  of  any  county,  computed  upon  the 
total  number  of  votes  cast  in  said  county  for  all 
candidates  for  governor  at  the  last  general  election, 
at  which  a  governor  was  elected,  is  filed  in  the  office 
of  the  county  clerk  of  said  county,  petitioning  the 
board  of  supervisors  thereof  to  submit  any  proposed 
amendment  or  amendments  to  the  charter  of  such 
county,  which  amendment  or  amendments  shall  be 
set  forth  in  full  in  such  petition,  to  the  qualified 
electors  thereof,  such  petition  shall  forthwith  be 
examined  and  certified  by  the  county  clerk,  and  if 
signed  by  the  requisite  number  of  qualified  electors 
of  such  county,  shall  be  presented  to  the  said  board 
of  supervisors,  by  the  said  county  clerk,  as  herein- 
before provided  for  petitions  for  the  election  of 
boards  of  freeholders.  Upon  the  presentation  of 
said  petition  to  said  board  of  supervisors,  said  board 
must  submit  the  amendment  or  amendments  set 
forth  therein  to  the  qualified  electors  of  said  county 
at  a  general  or  special  election  held  not  less  than 
thirty  days  nor  more  than  sixty  days  after  the  pub- 
lication 01'  posting  of  such  proposed  amendment  or 


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amendments  in  the  same  manner  as  hereinbefore 
provided  in  the  case  of  submission  of  any  proposed 
amendment  or  amendments  to  such  charter,  pro- 
posed and  submitted  by  the  board  of  supervisors. 
In  submitting-  any  such  charter,  or  amendments 
thereto,  any  alternative  article  or  proposition  may 
be  presented  for  the  choice  of  the  electors,  and  may 
be  voted  on  separately  without  prejudice  to  others. 


Special  Elections, 
how  called. 


General  election  laws 
applicable. 


Every  special  election  held  under  the  provisions 
of  this  section,  for  the  election  of  boards  of  free- 
holders or  for  the  submission  of  proposed  charters, 
or  any  amendment  or  amendments  thereto,  shall  be 
called  by  the  board  of  supervisors,  by  ordinance, 
which  shall  specify  the  purpose  and  time  of  such 
election  and  shall  e.tablish  the  election  precincts 
and  designate  the  polling  places  therein,  and  the 
names  of  the  election  officers  for  each  such  precinct. 
Such  ordinance,  prior  to  such  election)  shall  be  pub- 
lished five  times  in  a  daily  newspaper,  or  twice  in  a 
Meeklj^  newspaper,  if  there  be  no  such  daily  news- 
paper, printed,  published  and  circulated  in  said 
county;  provided,  that  if  no  such  daily  or  weekly 
newspaper  be  printed  or  published  in  such  county, 
then  a  copy  of  such  ordinance  shall  be  posted  by 
the  county  clerk  in  three  public  places  in  such 
county  and  in  or  near  the  entrance  to  at  least  one 
public  school  house  in  each  school  district  therein. 
In  all  other  respects,  every  such  election  shall  be 
held  and  conducted,  the  returns  thereof  canvassed 
and  the  result  thereof  declared  by  the  board  of 
supervisors  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  by  law 
for  general  elections.  Whenever  boards  of  free- 
holders shall  be  elected,  or  any  such  proposed  char- 
ter, or  amendment  or  amendments  thereto,  sub- 
mitted, at  a  general  election,  the  general  laws  ap- 
plicable to  the  election  of  county  officers  and  the 
submission  of  propositions  to  the  vote  of  electors, 
shall  be  followed  in  so  far  as  the  same  may  be 
applicable  thereto. 


Matters  for  which 
Charter  SHALL  pro- 
vide : 


It  shall  be  competent,  in  all  charters,  framed 
under  the  authority  given  by  this  section  to  provide, 
in  addition  to  any  other  provisions  allowable  by  this 
constitution,  and  the  same  shall  provide,  for  the 
folloAving  matters: 


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Board  of  Supervisors; 
election;  compensa- 
tion. 


1.  For  boards  of  supervisors  and  for  tlie  consti- 
tution, regulation  and  government  thereof,  for 
the  times  at  which  and  the  terms  for  which  the 
members  of  said  board  shall  be  elected,  for  the 
number  of  members,  not  less  than  three,  that  shall 
constitute  such  boards,  for  their  compensation  and 
for  their  election,  either  by  the  electors  of  the 
counties  at  large  or  by  districts ;  provided,  that  in 
any  event  said  board  shall  consist  of  one  member 
for  each  district,  who  must  be  a  qualified  elector 
thei-eof :  and 


County  Officers,  enu- 
merated; election  or 
appointment,  compen- 
sation. 


2.  For  sheriffs,  county  clerks,  treasurers,  record- 
ers, license  collectors,  tax  collectors,  public  admin- 
istrators, coroners,  surveyors,  district  attorneys, 
auditors,  assessors  and  superintendents  of  schools, 
for  the  election  or  appointment  of  said  officers,  or 
any  of  them,  for  the  times  at  Avhich  and  the  terms 
for  which,  said  officers  shall  be  elected  or  appointed, 
and  for  their  compensation,  or  for  the  fixing  of  such 
compensation  by  boards  of  supervisors,  and.  if  ap- 
pointed, for  the  manner  of  their  appointment;  and 


Justices  of  Peace; 
election  or  appoint- 
ment, compensation. 


3.  For  the  number  of  justices  of  the  peace  and 
constables  for  each  township,  or  for  the  number  of 
such  judges  and  otlier  officers  of  such  inferior  courts 
as  may  be  provided  by  the  constitution  or  general 
law,  for  the  election  or  appointment  of  said  officers, 
for  the  times  at  which  and  the  terms  for  Avhich  said 
officers  shall  be  elected  or  appointed,  and  for  their 
compensation,  or  for  the  fixing  of  such  compensation 
by  boards  of  supervisors,  and  if  appointed,  for  the 
manner  of  their  appointment;  and 


Powers  and  duties. 


4.  For  the  powers  and  duties  of  boards  of  super- 
visors and  all  other  county  officei's,  for  their  removal 
and  for  the  consolidation  and  segregation  of  county 
offices,  and  for  the  manner  of  filling  all  vacancies 
occurring  therein;  provided,  that  the  provisions  of 
such  charters  relating  to  the  powers  and  duties  of 
boards  of  supervisors  and  all  other  county  officers 
shall  be  subject  to  and  controlled  by  general  laws; 
and 


New  subdivision  added  in  1913 


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Municipal   Functions. 


4i/-_..  For  the  assamption  and  discharge  by  county 
officers  of  certain  of  the  municipal  functions  of  the 
cities  and  towns  within  the  county,  whenever,  in 
the  case  of  cities  and  towns  incorporated  under  gen- 
eral laws,  the  discharge  by  county  officers  of  such 
municipal  functions  is  authorized  by  general  law,  or 
whenever,  in  the  case  of  cities  and  towns  organized 
undei-  section  eight  of  this  article,  the  discharge  by 
county  officers  of  such  municipal  functions  is  author- 
ized by  provisions  of  the  charters,  or  by  amend- 
ments thereto,  of  such  cities  or  towns. — Stats.  1918, 
p.  17:13.1 


Assistants,  deputies, 
clerks,  attaches,  em- 
ployees: Powers,  du- 
ties, qualifications, 
compensation,  ap- 
jiointment,  removal. 


5.  For  the  fixing  and  regulation  by  boards  of 
supervisors,  by  ordinance,  of  the  appointment  and 
number  of  assistants,  deputies,  clerks,  attaches  and 
other  persons  to  be  employed,  from  time  to  time,  in 
the  several  offices  of  the  county,  and  for  the  pre- 
scribing and  regulating  by  such  boards  of  the 
powers,  duties,  qualifications  and  compensation  of 
such  persons,  the  times  at  Avhich,  and  terms  for 
which  they  shall  be  appointed,  and  the  manner  of 
their  appointment  and  removal ;  and 


Compensation  of  cer- 
tain officers. 


6.  For  the  compensation  of  such  fish  and  game 
wardens,  probation  and  other  officers  as  may  be 
provided  by  general  law,  or  for  the  fixing  of  such 
compensation  by  boards  of  supervisors. 


All  elective  officers  of  counties,  and  of  townships, 
of  road  districts  and  of  highway  construction  divi- 
sions therein  shall  be  nominated  and  elected  in  the 
manner  provided  by  general  laws  for  the  nomination 
and  election  of  such  officers. 


Matters 
Charter 
vide: 


for     which 
MAY     pro- 


New  offices: 
Appointment  and 
compensation. 


All  charters  framed  under  the  authority  given  by 
this  section,  in  addition  to  the  matters  herein  above 
specified,  may  provide  as  follows : 

For  offices  other  than  those  requir-ed  by  the  con- 
stitution and  laws  of  the  state,  or  for  the  creation 
of  any  or  all  of  such  offices  by  boards  of  supervisors, 
for  the  election  or  appointment  of  persons  to  fill 
such  offices,  for  the  manner  of  such  appointment, 
for  the  times  at  which  and  the  terms  for  which  such 
persons   shall  be   so   elected   or  appointed,  and  for 


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indolttodness. 


their  compensation  or  for  the  fixing  of  such   com- 
pensation by  boards  of  supervisors. 

For  offices  hereafter  created  by  this  constitution 
or  by  general  law,  for  the  election  or  appointment 
of  persons  to  fill  such  offices,  for  the  manner  of  such 
a])pointment,  for  the  times  at  which  and  the  terms 
t'oi-  wliich  such  persons  shall  be  so  elected  or  ap- 
pointed, and  for  their  compensation,  or  for  the  fixing 
of  such  compensation  by  boards  of  supervisors. 

("(Hiiity   Koad   Dis-  For  the  formation,  in  such  counties,  of  road  dis- 

tricts: ^  Taxation,  tricts  for  the  care,  maintenance,  repair,  inspection 
and  supervision  only  of  roads,  highways  and  bridges ; 
and  for  the  formation,  in  such  counties,  of  highway 
construction  divisions  for  the  construction  only  of 
roads,  highways  and  bridges ;  for  the  inclusion  in 
any  such  district  or  division,  of  the  whole  or  any 
part  of  any  incorj^orated  city  or  town,  upon  ordi- 
nance passed  by  such  incorporated  city  or  town 
authorizing  the  same  and  upon  the  assent  to  such 
inclusion  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of 
such  incorporated  city  or  town,  or  portion  thereof, 
proposed  to  be  so  included,  at  an  election  held  for 
that  purpose ;  for  the  organization,  government, 
powers  and  jurisdiction  of  such  districts  and  divi- 
sions, and  for  raising  revenvie  therein,  for  such  pur- 
poses by  taxation,  upon  the  assent  of  a  majority  of 
the  qualified  electors  of  such  districts  or  divisions, 
voting  at  an  election  to  be  held  for  that  purpose; 
for  the  incurring  of  indebtedness  therefor  by  such 
counties,  districts  or  divisions  for  such  purposes 
respectively,  by  the  issuance  and  sale,  by  the  coun- 
ties, of  bonds  of  such  counties,  districts  or  divisions, 
and  the  expenditure  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of 
such  bonds,  and  for  levying  and  collecting  taxes 
against  the  property  of  the  counties,  districts  or 
divisions,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  the  payment  of 
the  principal  and  interest  of  such  indebtedness  at 
maturity;  provided,  that  any  such  indebtedness 
shall  not  be  incurred  without  the  assent  of  tAvo-thirds 
of  the  qualified  electors  of  the  county,  district  or 
division,  as  the  case  may  be,  voting  at  an  election 
to  be  held  for  that  purpose,  nor  unless  before  or  at 
the  time  of  incurring  such  indebtedness  provision 
shall  be  made  for  the  colh^'tion  of  an  annual  tax 
sufficient  to  pay  the  interest  on   sucli   indebtedness 

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1' 


as  it  falls  duo,  and  also  for  a  sinking  fund  for  the 
payment  of  the  principal  thereof  on  or  before  ma- 
turity, Avhich  shall  not  exceed  forty  years  from  the 
time  of  conti-acting  the  same,  and  the  procedure  for 
voting,  issuing  and  staling  such  Ijonds  shall,  except 
in  so  far  as  the  same  shall  be  prescribed  in  such 
charters,  conform  to  general  laws  for  the  authorizing 
and  incurring  by  counties  of  bonded  indebtedness, 
so  far  as  applicable;  provided,  further,  that  provi- 
sions in  such  charters  for  the  construction,  care, 
maintenance,  repair,  inspection  and  supervision  of 
roads,  highways  and  bridges  for  which  aid  from  the 
state  is  granted,  shall  be  subject  to  such  regula- 
tions and  conditions  as  may  be  imposed  by  the 
legislature. 

General  Laws  sui>er-  Whenever  any  county  has  framed  and  adopted  a 

seded.  charter,  and  the  same  shall  have  been  approved  by 

the  legislature,  as  herein  provided,  the  general  laws 
adopted  by  the  legislature  in  pursuance  of  sections 
four  and  five  of  this  article,  shall,  as  to  such  county, 
be  superseded  by  said  charter  as  to  matters  for 
which,  under  this  section  it  is  competent  to  make 
provision  in  such  charter,  and  for  Avhich  provision 
is  made  therein,  except  as  herein  otherwise  expressly 
provided,  and  except  that  any  such  charter  shall  not 
affect  the  tenure  of  office  of  the  elective  officers  of 
the  county  or  of  any  district,  township  or  division 
thereof,  in  office  at  the  time  such  charter  goes  into 
effect,  and  such  officers  shall  continue  to  hold  their 
respective  offices  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for 
which  they  shall  have  been  elected,  unless  sooner 
removed  in  the  manner  provided  by  law. 

Charter  annulled.  The  charter  of  any   count}',  adopted  under   the 

authority  of  this  section,  may  be  surrendered  and 
annulled  with  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  quali- 
fied electors  of  such  county,  voting  at  a  special  elec- 
tion, held  for  that  purpose,  and  to  be  ordered  and 
called  by  the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county 
upon  receiving  a  Avritten  petition,  signed  and  certi- 

Sl.ocial  Election.  ^^^^  ^^  hereinabove  provided  for  the  purposes  of  the 

adoption  of  charters,  requesting  said  board  to  submit 
the  question  of  the  surrender  and  annulment  of  such 
charter  to  the  qualified  electors  of  such  county,  and, 
in  the  event  of  the  surrender  and  annulment  of  any 
such  charter,  such  county  shall  thereafter  be  gov- 


erned  under  general  laws  in  force  for  the  govern- 
ment of  comities. 

The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  be  applica- 
ble to  any  county  that  is  consolidated  with  any  city. 


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Los  Angeles  County  Charter 

We,  the  people  of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  do  ordain  and  estab- 
lish for  its  government  this 

CHARTER 


ARTICLE  I. 

Name  and  Rights  of  the  County 

^  Sec.  1 :  The  County  of  Los  Angeles,  as  it  now  exists,  is  a  body 
corporate  and  politic,  and  as  such  has  all  the  powers  specified  by  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  and  by  this  Charter,  and 
such  other  powers  as  are  necessarily  implied. 

Sec.  2 :  The  powers  mentioned  in  the  preceding  section  can  be 
exercised  only  by  a  Board  of  Supervisors,  or  by  agents  and  ofificers  acting 
under  their  authority  or  by  authority  of  laAv  or  of  this  Charter. 

Sec.  3:  The  corporate  name  shall  be  "County  of  Los  Angeles," 
which  much  be  thus  designated  in  all  actions  and  proceedings  touching 
its  corporate  rights,  properties  and  duties.  Its  boundaries  and  county 
seat  shall  remain  the  same  as  they  now  are,  imtil  otherwise  changed 
by  law. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Board  of  Supervisors. 

Sec.  4:  The  County  of  Los  Angeles  shall  have  a  Board  of  Super- 
visors consisting  of  five  members,  each  of  whom  must  be  an  elector  of  the 
district  which  he  represents,  must  reside  therein  during  his  incumbency, 
must  have  been  such  an  elector  for  at  least  one  year  immediately  pre- 
ceding his  election,  and  shall  be  elected  by  such  district.  Their  terms  of 
office  shall  be  four  years,  each  shall  hold  until  his  successor  is  elected 

1  The  Charter  may  be  called  the  "organic  laAv  of  tho  coiiiitv." 
People  V.  McAleer,  33  Cal.  App.  135. 

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and  qualified,  and  they  shall  each  receive  a  salary  of  $5,000  per  year 
payable  monthly  from  the  County  Treasury.  They  shall  devote  all  their 
time  during  business  hours  to  the  faithful  service  of  the  public. 

Sec.  5 :  The  County  is  hereby  divided  into  five  supervisor  districts, 
the  boundaries  of  which  shall  be  and  remain  as  they  now  are  until  other- 
wise changed  as  provided  in  this  Charter. 

Sec.  G  :  At  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  November,  1914,  super- 
visors shall  be  elected  from  the  First  and  Third  Supervisor  districts, 
whose  terms  shall  begin  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  after  the  first  day 
of  January,  1915,  and  end  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December, 
1918;  provided  that  each  shall  hold  office  until  his  successor  is  elected 
and  qualified. 

At  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  November,  1916,  supervisors 
shall  be  elected  from  the  Second,  Fourth  and  Fifth  districts,  whose  terms 
shall  begin  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  after  the  first  day  of  January, 
1917,  and  end  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  1920 ;  provided 
that  each  shall  hold  office  until  his  successor  is  elected  and  qualified. 

At  each  general  election  after  November,  1916,  there  shall  be  elected, 
either  two  or  three  supervisors,  as  the  case  may  be,  for  terms  of  four 
years,  beginning  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  next  after 
their  election,  and  ending  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  four 
years  thereafter. 

Sec.  7 :  The  Board  of  Supervisors  may,  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  its 
members,  change  the  boundaries  of  any  supervisor  district.  No  such 
boundaries  shall  ever  be  so  changed  as  to  affect  the  incumbency  in  office 
of  any  supervisor.  Any  change  in  the  boundaries  of  any  supervisor  dis- 
trict must  be  made  within  one  year  after  a  general  election. 

Sec.  8 :  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors  the 
Cxovernor  shall  fill  such  vacancy,  and  the  appointee  shall  hold  office  until 
the  election  and  qualification  of  his  successor.  In  such  case,  a  Supervisor 
shall  be  elected  at  the  next  general  election,  to  fill  the  vacancy  for  the 
unexpired  term,  unless  such  term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  December 
succeeding  said  election. 


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Soc.  9:  Tlu>  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  ciccl  a  ("hainuaii.  wlio  shall 
pieside  at  all  meetings.  In  ease  of  his  absence  or  inability  to  act,  the 
niombers  picsent  must,  by  an  order  entered  of  record,  select  one  of  their 
number  to  act  as  Chairman  pro  tern.  Any  member  of  the  Board  may 
administer  oaths,  when  necessary  in  the  performance  of  his  ofificial  duties. 
A  majority  of  the  members  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  no  act  of  the 
Boai'd  shall  be  valid  or  binding  unless  a  majority  of  the  members  concur. 


ARTICLE  III. 

General  Powers  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors. 

-Sec.  10:  The  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  have  all  the  jurisdiction 
and  power  which  are  now  or  which  may  hereafter  be  grranted  by  the 
constitution  and  laws  of  the  State  of  California  or  by  this  charter. 

^  Sec.  11 :     It  shall  bo  the  duty  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors: 

(1)  To  appoint  all  county  officei's  other  than  elective  officers,  and 
all  officers,  assistants,  deputies,  clerks,  attaches  and  employees  whose 
appointment  is  not  provided  for  by  this  Charter.  Except  in  the  cases 
of  appointees  to  the  unclassified  service,  all  appointments  by  the  Board 
shall  be  from  the  eliRibl€t-eivil  service  list.  The  Board  shall  provide,  by 
ordinance,  for  the  compensation  of  elective  officers  and  of  its  appointees, 
unless  such  compensation  is  otherwise  fixed  by  this  Charter. 

(2)  To  provide,  by  ordinance,  for  the  number  of  Justices  of  the 
Peace  and  Constables,  to  be  elected  and  appointed,  respectively,  in  each 
Township.  The  Board  may  also  provide,  by  ordinance,  for  the  number 
and  fix  the  compensation,  of  such  other  judges  and  inferior  officers  o' 
such  inferior  courts  as  are  now,  or  may  hereafter  be,  provided  by  the 
constitution  or  bv  general  law. 


-Keith  V.  Hammel,  29  Cal.  App.  131;  see  note  to  see.  21. 

3  Under    this    seetion    the    P>(i:n<l    of    Supervisors    were    a  ithorized    to    appoint    a 
registrar  of  voters.    People  v.  McAleer,  33  Cal.  App.  13o. 

The  Board  of  Supervisors  being  authorized  under  the  Glia 'ter,  Section  11.  to  make 
provision  for  appointment  of  probation  officers,  and  fu(  h  appointJiient  having 
l)een  provided  for,  the  general  laws  of  the  state  cease  to  cp  r;ite  as  to  that  matter. 
Gibson  v.  Civil  Service  Commission,  27  Cal.  App.  396. 

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■*  (3)  To  provide,  by  ordinance,  for  the  number  of  assistants,  deputies, 
clerks,  attaches,  and  other  persons  to  be  employed  from  time  to  time  in 
the  several  offices  and  institutions  of  the  county,  and  for  their  compensa- 
tion and  the  times  at  which  they  shall  be  appointed. 

(4)  To  provide,  by  ordinance,  for  the  creation  of  offices  other  than 
those  required  by  the  constitution  and  laws  of  the  State,  and  for  the 
appointment  of  persons  to  fill  the  same,  and  to  fix  their  compensation. 

(5)  To  require,  if  deemed  expedient,  any  county  or  township  officer, 
or  employee,  before  or  after  entering  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  or 
service,  to  give  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  thereof,  in  such  penal 
sum  as  may  be  fixed  by  the  Board. 

(6)  To  provide,  publish  and  enforce,  a  complete  code  of  rules,  not 
inconsistent  with  general  laws  or  this  Charter,  prescribing  in  detail  the 
duties  and  the  systems  of  office  and  institutional  management,  accounts 
and  reports  for  each  of  the  offices,  institutions  and  departments  of  the 
county. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

County  Officers  Other  Than  Supervisors. 

Sec.  12:  The  elective  county  officers  other  than  members  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors  shall  be :     Sheriff,  District  Attorney  and  Assessor. 

Sec.  13 :  At  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  November,  1914.  a 
District  Attorney  shall  be  elected,  whose  term  shall  begin  at  noon  on  the 
first  Monday  after  the  first  day  of  January,  1915,  and  end  at  noon  on 
the  first  Monday  in  December,  1916.  At  the  same  election  a  Sheriff  and 
Assessor  shall  be  elected,  Avhose  terms  shall  begin  at  the  same  time  and 
end  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December,  1918.     At  the  general 

*  The  salary  of  the  Sheriff  having  been  fixed  pursuant  to  this  section,  the  general 
law  provisions  relative  to  keeping  for  his  own  use  fees  received  by  Sheriff  for 
transporting  persons  to  state  prisons  and  asylums  are  superseded,  and  those  fees, 
though  collected  from  the  state,  are  required,  pursuant  to  Section  15  of  the  Charter, 
to  be  paid  into  the  county  treasury.  County  of  Los  Angeles  v.  Cline,  174  Pae.  73; 
24  C.  A.  D.  4  (June  22,  1918). 

When  Board  of  Supervisors,  in  enacting  an  ordinance  providing  for  probation 
officers  and  tixing  the  compensation,  makes  no  mention  of  the  manner  in  which  the 
appointments  shall  be  made,  the  general  laws  of  the  state  govern  the  matter.  Ander- 
son V.  Lewis,  29  Cal.  App.  24. 

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eloction  to  be  lield  in  Xovember,  I'M  (I.  and  every  four  yeais  thereafter  a 
District  Attorney  shall  be  elected,  Avhose  term  shall  be  four  years,  begin- 
ning at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  following  his  election  and 
ending  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  four  years  thereafter. 
At  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  Xovember,  1918,  and  every  four 
years  thereafter,  a  Sheriff  and  Assessor  shall  be  elected,  Avhose  terms 
shall  be  four  years,  beginning  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  December 
following  their  election,  and  ending  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday  in  Decem- 
ber four  years  thereafter.  All  elective  county  officers  shall  hold  office 
until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified. 

Sec.  14:     The  appointive  county  officers  shall  be: 

Auditor 

Board  of  Education,  Members  of 

Board  of  Law  Library  Trustees,  JNlembers  of 

Civil  Service  Commission,  Members  of 

Coroner 

County  Clerk 

County  Counsel 

Pish  and  Game  Warden 

Health  Officer 

Horticultural  Commissioner 

License  Collector 

Live  Stock  Lispector 

Probation  Committee,  jNIembers  of 

Probation  Officer 

Public  Administrator 

Public  Defender 

Purchasing  Agent 

Recorder 

Registrar  of  Voters 

Road  Commissioner 

Superintendent  of  Charities 

Superintendent  of  Schools 

Surveyor 

Tax  Collector 

Treasurer 


2:\ 


I 

'"  Such  other  officers  as  may  hereafter  be  provided  by  law  shall  also 
be  appointive. 

The  Tax  Collector  shall  be  ex-officio  License  Collector. 

^  Sec.  15 :  All  fees  collected  by  any  county  officer,  Board  or  Com- 
mission shall  be  paid  into  the  County  Treasury  on  the  first  Monday  of 
each  calendar  month,  together  with  a  detailed  statement  of  the  same  in 
writing',  a  duplicate  copy  of  which  shall  be  filed  Avith  the  Auditor  at  the 

same  time. 

Sec.  16  :  Whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  an  elective  county  office  other 
than  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  the  Board  shall  fill  such 
vacancy,  and  the  appointee  shall  hold  office  until  the  election  and  qualifi- 
cation of  his  successor.  In  such  case,  there  shall  be  elected  at  the  next 
general  election  an  officer  to  fill  such  vacancy  for  the  unexpired  term, 
unless  such  term  expires  on  the  first  Monday  in  December  succeeding 
said  election. 

ARTICLE  V.   ■ 
Township  Officers. 

Sec.  17 :  The  Board  of  Supervisors  must  provide,  by  ordinance,  for 
not  less  than  one  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  one  Constable  in  each  town- 
ship, and  may  provide  for  more  in  townships  where  population  and  the 
business  therein  require  a  greater  number ;  provided  that,  until  the  Board 
shall  so  provide  for  such  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  Constables,  the  num- 
ber of  each  thereof  in  each  township  shall  continue  as  noAV  or  hereafter 
provided  by  laAv ;  provided,  further,  that  if  the  legislature  shall  hereafter, 
instead  of  the  system  of  Courts  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  noAv  established 
by  law,  substitute  some  other  system  of  inferior  courts,  then  and  in  that, 
event,  it  shall  not  be  compulsory  upon  the  Board  of  Supervisors  to  pro- 

5  The  Secretary  of  the  Superior  Court  is  an  officer  of  the  courts  which  are  a  part 
of  the  judicial  system  of  the  state.  Such  officer  is  not  a  county  officer,  attachee 
cr  employee,  and  is  hot  so  recognized  by  either  the  Charter  or  Constitution.  Noel 
V.  Lewis,  35  Cal.  App.  658. 

0  Under,  this  section  a  sheriff  whose  compensation  has  been  fixed  pursuant  to  Sec- 
tion 10  of  the  Charter  must  pay  all  fees  collected  by  him  as  sheriff  into  the  county 
treasury.  "Under  the  ordinance  passed  pursuant  to  Charter  provisions,  the  time  of 
the  sheriff  consumed  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties  belongs  to  the  county, 
and  his  earnings  in  performance  thereof,  like  those  of  any  other  employee,  belong  to 
the  employer."  County  of  Los  Angeles  v.  Cllne,  174  Pac.  73;  27  C.  A.  D.  4  (June  22, 
1918).  It  was  held  that  this  section  did  not  apply  to  elective  officers  holding  under 
unexpired  term  when  Charter  took  effect.  County  of  Los  Angeles  v.  Hammel, 
26  Cal.  App.  580. 

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vide  any  iiuiuber  for,  and  the  Board  may  discontinue  tlie  existence  of  all 
Justices  of  the  Peace  in  the  several  townships,  if  such  discontinuance  be 
allowed  by  law,  and  the  Board  may  provide  for  such  number  of  inferior 
Judges  or  Justices  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  needs  of  the  county,  under 
such  substituted  system. 

Sec.  18:  Justices  of  the  Peace  shall  be  nominated  and  elected  at 
the  times  and  in  the  manner  and  for  the  terms,  now  or  hereafter  provided 
by  general  laAV.  Constables  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Sheriff  from  the 
eligible  civil  service  list. 

Sec.  19 :  The  compensation  of  Justices  of  the  Peace  and  of  Con- 
stables shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  must  be  by  salary 
only,  which  need  not  be  uniform  for  the  several  townships,  nor  propor- 
tionate to  population  therein.  Their  duties  and  qualifications  shall  be 
such  as  are  now,  or  which  may  hei-eafter  be  prescribed  by  law,  or  by 
this  charter. 

Sec.  20 :  All  fees  collected  by  any  Justice  of  the  Peace  or  Constable 
shall  be  paid  into  the  County  Treasury,  on  the  first  ]\Ionday  of  each  cal- 
endar month,  together  with  a  detailed  statement  of  the  same  in  writing, 
a  duplicate  copy  of  which  shall  be  filed  wnth  the  Auditor  at  the  same 
time.  The  fees  to  be  so  paid  into  the  Treasury  by  each  Constable  shall 
include  all  fees  charged  and  collected  by  him  for  service  of  any  writ  or 
process  of  any  court  or  for  any  act  or  service  clone  or  rendered  by  him, 
or  which  he  has  power  or  which  it  is  his  duty  to  do  or  render,  in  his 
official  capacity ;  and  every  Constable  shall  enter  in  the  fee  book  kept  by 
him  all  such  fees  charged  and  collected  by  him  and  pay  the  same  into  the 
County  Treasury  as  above  provided,  without  deduction  for  any  such  acts 
or  services  purporting  or  claimed  to  have  l)een  done  or  rendered  by  him 
as  a  private  citizen. 


ARTICLE  VI. 

Duties  of  Officers. 

■^  Sec.  21 :  The  County  Counsel  shall  represent  and  advise  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  and  all  county,  township  and  school  district  officers,  in  all 
matters  and  questions  of  law  pertaining  to  their  duties,  and  shall  have 
exclusive  charge  and  control  of  all  civil  actions  and  proceedings  in  Avhich 
the  country  or  any  officer  thereof,  is  concerned  or  is  a  party.  He  shall 
also  act  as  attorney  for  the  Public  Administrator  in  the  matter  of  all 
estates  in  which  such  officer  is  executor,  administrator  with  the  will 
finnexed,  or  administrator,  and  the  County  Counsel  shall,  in  every  such 
matter,  collect  the  attorney's  fees  allowed  therein  by  laAv  and  pay  the 
same  into  the  County  Treasury. 

Sec.  22  :  The  Superintendent  of  Charities  shall  be  under  the  direction 
of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  shall  exercise  a  general  supervision 
over,  and  enforce  rules  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  and  government 
of,  the  charitable  institutions  of  the  county.  He  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  or  by  law. 

Sec.  23  :  Upon  request  by  the  Defendant  or  upon  order  of  the  Court, 
the  Public  Defender  shall  defend,  without  expense  to  them,  all  persons 
who  are  not  financially  able  to  employ  counsel  and  who  are  charged,  in 
the  Superior  Court,  Avith  the  commission  of  any  contempt,  misdemeanor, 
felony  or  other  offense.  He  shall  also,  upon  request,  give  counsel  and 
advice  to  such  persons,  in  and  about  any  charge  against  them  upon  which 
he  is  conducting  the  defense,  and  he  shall  prosecute  all  appeals  to  a 
higher  court  or  courts,  of  any  person  who  has  been  convicted  upon  any 
such  charge,  where,  in  his  opinion,  such  appeal  will,  or  might  reasonably 
be  expected  to,  result  in  a  reversal  or  modification  of  th3  judgment  of 
conviction. 

Pie  shall  also,  upon  request,  prosecute  actions  for  the  collection  of 

"  The  general  effect  of  the  Charter,  sections  21  and  10,  and  Political  Code  Sec- 
tion 4041,  snhdivision  16,  seems  to  be  not  only  that  the  conduct  of  actions  in  which 
the  county  is  a  party  is  committed  to  the  charge  and  control  of  public  officers,  but 
it  further  appears  to  be  the  intention  (in  harmony  with  long-established  principles) 
that  the  county  shall  be  a  party  to  actions  and  proceedings  wherein  the  county 
"is  concerned."  This  conclusion  applies  in  an  action  to  compel  j)ayment  of  mileage 
fees  into  the  county  treasury  by  a  sheriff,  and  in  absence  of  showing  that  such 
officers  lia\'e  refused  to  do  their  duty,  taxpayer  cannot  bring  the  action  in  his  own 
name.    Keith  v.  Hammel,  29  Cal.  App.  131. 

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wages  and  of  other  demands  of  persons  who  are  not  financially  able  to 
employ  counsel,  in  cases  in  Avhich  the  sum  involved  does  not  exceed  $100, 
and  in  which,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Public  Defender,  the  claims  urged 
are  valid  and  enforceable  in  the  courts. 

He  shall  also,  upon  recjuest,  defend  such  persons  in  all  civil  litigation 
in  which,  in  his  judgment,  they  are  being  persecuted  or  unjustly  hai-assed. 

The  costs  in  all  actions  in  which  the  Public  Defender  shall  appear 
under  this  section,  whether  for  plaintiffs  or  for  defendants,  shall  be  paid 
from  the  County  Treasury,  at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  required  by 
law,  or  by  rules  of  court,  and  under  a  system  of  demand,  audit  and  pay- 
ment, which  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Public  Defender,  in  all  such  litigation,  to  procure,  if  pos- 
sible, in  addition  to  general  judgments  in  favor  of  the  persons  whom  he 
shall  represent  therein,  judgments  for  costs  and  attorney's  fees,  where 
permissible,  against  the  opponents  of  such  persons,  and  collect  ajid  pay 
the  same  into  the  County  Treasury. 

Sec.  24 :  Subject  to  rules  and  regulations  which  shall  be  adopted  by 
the  Board  of  Supervisors,  by  ordinance,  the  Purchasing  Agent  shall  be 
the  buyer  of  furniture,  fixtures,  tools,  supplies,  materials  or  other  articles 
of  personal  property  for  the  county  and  for  county,  tOAvnship  and  all 
other  officers. 

Sec.  25:  Each  county  or  township  officer,  Board  or  Commission 
shall  have  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  now  or  hereafter  pre- 
scribed by  general  law,  and  by  this  Charter,  as  to  such  officer,  Board  or 
Commission. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Road  Department. 

Sec.  26 :  The  Board  of  Supervisors  may  provide  for  the  formation 
of  road  districts  for  the  care,  maintenance,  repair  and  supervision  of 
roads,  highways  and  bridges ;  and  for  the  formation  of  highway  construc- 
tion divisions  for  the  construction  of  roads,  higliAvays  and  bridges;  for 
the  inclusion  in  any  svich  district  or  division  of  the  whole  or  any  part  of 
any  incorporated  city  oi'  town  upon  ordinance  passed  by  such  incoi'po- 

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rated  city  or  town  authorizing  the  same,  and  upon  tlio  assent  to  such 
inclusion  by  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors  of  such  incorporated  city 
or  town  or  portion  thereof  proposed  to  be  so  included  at  an  election  held 
for  that  purpose ;  for  the  organization,  government,  powers  and  jurisdic- 
tion of  such  district  or  division,  for  raising  revenue  therein  for  such  pur- 
poses, by  taxation,  upon  the  assent  of  a  majority  of  the  qualified  electors 
of  such  district  or  division,  voting  at  an  election  held  for  that  purpose ; 
for  the  incurring  of  indebtedness  therefor  by  the  county,  district  or  divi- 
sion for  such  purposes,  respectively,  by  the  issuance  and  sale,  by  the 
county,  of  bonds  of  the  county,  district  or  division,  and  the  expenditure 
of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  such  bonds,  and  for  levying  and  collecting 
taxes  against  the  property  of  the  county,  district  or  division,  as  the  case 
may  be,  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  and  interest  of  such  indebted- 
ness at  maturity ;  provided  that  any  such  indebtedness  shall  not  be 
incurred  without  the  assent  of  two-thirds  of  the  qualified  electors  of  the 
county,  district  or  division,  as  the  case  may  be,  voting  at  an  election  held 
for  that  purpose,  nor  unless  before  or  at  the  time  of  incurring  such  indebt- 
edness, provision  shall  be  made  for  the  collection  of  an  annual  tax  suffi- 
cient to  pay  the  interest  on  such  indebtedness  as  it  falls  due,  and  also  for 
a  sinking  fund  for  the  payment  of  the  principal  thereof  on  or  before 
maturity,  Avhich  shall  not  exceed  forty  years  from  the  time  of  contracting 
the  same ;  and  the  procedure  for  voting,  issuing  and  selling  such  bonds, 
except  insofar  as  the  same  shall  be  otherwise  prescribed  in  this  Charter, 
shall  conform  to  general  laAvs  for  the  authorizing  and  incurring  of  bonded 
indebtedness  by  counties  so  far  as  applicable ;  provided,  further,  that  the 
construction,  care,  maintenance,  repair  and  supervision  of  roads,  high- 
ways and  bridges  for  which  aid  from  the  State  is  granted  shall  be  subject 
to  such  regulations  and  conditions  as  may  be  imposed  by  the  legislature. 

®  Sec.  27 :  The  Road  Commissioner,  subject  to  such,  rules  and  regu- 
lations as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  shall  have 
direction  and  control  over  all  work  of  construction,  maintenance  and 
repair  of  roads,  high-\vays  and  bridges,  other  than  work  done  under  con- 
tract, and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  examine  and  inspect  contract  work  as 
the  same  progresses  and  to  see  that  the  same  is  properly  performed,  and 

8  This  section  follows  closely  the  language  of  tlie  Constitution,  Art.  XI,  Sec.  7%, 
subd.  6.  The  Supreme  Court  has  held  that  the  effect  of  tliese  provisions  is  not  to 
repeal  by  implication  or  supersede  the  Soad  District  Improvement  Act  of  1907 
(Stats.  1907,  p.  806)  providing  for  improvement  of  roads  witliin  specially  formed 
assessment  districts.     Thomas  v.  Pridham,  171  Cal.  98. 


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when  completed  to  file  his  written  approval  thereof  with  the  Board  of 
Supervisors.  He  shall  also  have  the  control  and  management  of  all 
county  rock  quarries  and  gravel  pits,  and  of  all  other  materials,  property 
and  instrumentalities  necessary  for  and  connected  with  the  construction, 
maintenance  and  repair  of  roads,  highways  and  hridgos. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Constabulary  Department. 

Sec.  28:  Thei'e  is  hereby  created  a  Constabularly  Department,  con- 
sisting of  the  Slierift'  and  of  all  Constables,  who  are  hereby  made  ex-officio 
Deputy  Sheriffs. 

Sec.  29  :  The  Sheriff  shall  be  the  head  of  said  Department,  and  shall 
so  organize  the  same  as  to  give  the  county  efficient  and  effective  police 
protection.  Each  Constable  shall  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Sheriff 
and  must  serve  process  Avithin  his  township,  or  elsewhere.  Avhen  requested, 
and  he  shall  also  perform  all  the  duties  required  of  him  by  law. 

ARTICLE  IX.     . 
Civil  Service. 

Sec.  30  :  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  191 .3,  the  Board  of  Super- 
visors shall  appoint  three  jDcrsons  as  members  of  the  Civil  Service  Com- 
mission, who  shall  so  classify  themselves  as  that  one  shall  serve  until  the 
first  Monday  in  December,  1915,  at  noon,  one  until  the  first  Monday  in 
December,  1917,  at  noon,  and  one  until  the  first  Monday  in  December, 
1919,  at  noon.  Before  the  first  Monday  in  December  of  each  alternate 
year  after  1913,  the  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  appoint  one  person  as  the 
successor  of  the  member  of  the  commission  whose  term  shall  then  expire, 
to  serve  for  six  years.  Any  vacancy  on  the  Commission  shall  be  filled 
by  the  Board  of  Supervisors  for  the  unexpired  term.  Each  member  of 
the  Commission  shall  serve  until  his  successor  is  appointed  and  qualified. 
Not  more  than  one  member  shall  be  an  adherent  of  the  same  political 
party.  No  member  shall  hold  any  other  salaried  county  office,  nor  shall 
he  have  been,  within  the  year  next  preceding  his  appointment,  an  active 
executive  officer  in  any  political  organization.  Each  member  shall  have 
been  a  resident  of  the  countv  for  the  five  years  next  preceding  his  appoint- 


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nient,  and  his  name  shall  be  upon  the  state  and  county  assessment  rolls 
at  the  time  thereof.  The  Board  of  Supervisors,  by  a  four-fifths  vote  of 
all  the  members,  may  remove  a  member  of  the  Commission  during  his 
term  of  office,  but  only  upon  stating  in  writing  the  reasons  for  such 
removal  and  allowing  him  an  opportunity  to  be  publicly  heard  in  his  own 
defense.     The  Commission  shall  elect  one  of  its  members  president. 

Sec.  31:  Each  member  of  the  Commission  shall  receive  a  compen- 
sation of  Ten  Dollars  for  each  meeting  thereof  attended  by  him,  not  to 
exceed  five  meetings  in  any  calendar  month.  The  Commission  shall 
appoint  and  fix  the  compensation  of  a  Chief  Examiner,  who  shall  also  act 
as  Secretary.  This  position  shall  be  in  the  competitive  class.  This  Com- 
mission may  appoint  and  fix  the  compensation  of  such  other  subordinates 
as  may  be  necessary. 

Sec.  32 :  For  the  support  of  the  work  of  the  Commission,  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  shall  annually  levy  and  collect  a  tax  on  all  taxable  prop- 
erty in  the  county,  at  the  rate  of  not  less  than  one-half  of  one  cent  on 
each  One  Hundred  Dollars  of  assessed  valuation  thereof.  Any  part  of 
the  tax  so  levied  for  any  fiscal  year  not  expended  during  such  fiscal  year, 
or  required  to  defray  expenses  incurred  during  such  year,  shall  on  the 
first  day  of  January  next  succeeding  the  end  thereof,  be  placed  in  the 
general  fund  of  the  county. 

Sec.  33 :  The  Civil  Service  of  the  county  is  hereby  divided  into  the 
unclassified  and  the  classified  service. 

The  unclassified  service  shall  comprise  : 

(a)  All  officers  elected  by  the  people. 

(b)  In  the  office  of  the  District  Attorney :  The  Chief  and  one  other 
deputy,  one  secretary,  and  three  detectives;  and  special  counsel  and 
special  detectives  for  temporary  employment. 

(c)  In  the  office  of  the  Sheriff :  The  Under  Sheriff,  or  Chief  Deputy. 
In  the  office  of  the  Assessor :    The  Chief  Deputy. 

(d)  Superintendents,  principals  and  teachers  in  the  school  system. 

(e)  Members  of  the  County  Board  of  Education. 

(f)  Members  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission. 


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(g)  All  officers  and  other  i)ersons  serving  the  county  Avithout  eom- 
pensaton. 

The  classified  service  shall  include  all  other  ])ositiuns  now  existing  or 
hereafter  created. 

®  Sec.  34 :  The  Commission  shall  prescribe,  amend  and  enforce  rules 
foi-  the  classified  service,  which  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  law ; 
sliall  keep  minutes  of  its  proceedings  and  records  of  its  examinations  and 
shall,  as  a  Board  or  through  a  single  Commissioner,  make  investigations 
concerning  the  enforcement  and  effect  of  this  Article  and  of  the  rules  and 
efficiency  of  the  service.  Tt  shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the  Board  of 
Supervisors. 

The  rules  shall  provide : 

(1)  For  the  classification  of  all  positions  in  the  clas.sified  service. 

(2)  For  open,  competitive  examinations  to  test  the  relative  fitness 
of  applicants  for  such  positions. 

(3)  For  public  advertisement  of  all  examinations. 

(4)  For  the  creation  of  eligible  lists  upon  which  shall  be  entered  the 
names  of  successful  candidates  in  the  order  of  their  standing  in  examina- 
tion.    Such  lists  shall  remain  in  force  not  longer  than  two  years. 

(5)  For  the  rejection  of  candidates  or  eligibles  who  fail  to  comply 
with  the  reasonable  requirements  of  the  Commission  in  regard  to  age, 
residence,  sex,  physical  condition  or  who  have  been  guilty  of  crime  or 
infamous  or  disgraceful  conduct  or  who  have  attempted  any  deception 
or  fraud  in  connection  with  an  examination. 

(6)  For  the  appointment  of  one  of  the  three  persons  standing 
highest  on  the  appropriate  list. 

(7)  For  a  period  of  probation  not  to  exceed  six  months  before  ap- 
pointment or  promotion  is  made  complete,  during  which  period  a  proba- 

9  This  provision  of  the  Charter  is  not  self-executing,  and  in  absence  of  the  adop- 
tion of  rules  the  Civil  Service  Commission  had  no  power  to  authorize  the  transfer 
of  a  deputy  County  Clerk  to  the  position  of  Kegistrar  of  Voters,  although  the  duties 
of  the  two  positions  were  the  same.  People  v.  McAleer,  o'^  Cal.  App.  135. 
Note:  Kules  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission  referred  to  iu  tlie  foregoing  decision 
liave  since  been  adopted. 

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tioiier  iii;i\'  he  (lisc'liar<i('(l  ov  reduced  with  the  consent  of  the  comiuissioii. 

(8)  l^'oi-  noii-compctitive  examinations  for  minor  positions  in  the 
county  institutions  when  competition  is  found  to  be  impracticable. 

(9)  For  temporary  employment  of  persons  on  the  eligible  list  until 
list  of  the  class  covering  the  temporary  employment  is  exhausted;  and  in 
cases  of  emergency,  for  temporary  employment  without  examination,  with 
the  consent  of  the  Commission,  after  the  eligible  list  has  been  exhausted. 
But  no  such  temporary  employment  shall  continue  longer  than  sixty  days, 
)ior  shall  successive  temporary  appointments  be  allowed.  Nor  shall  the 
acceptance  or  i'(>fusal  to  accept  such  temporary  appointment  on  the  part 
of  a  person  on  the  eligible  list  be  a  bar  to  appointment  to  a  permanent 
position  from  said  eligible  list. 

(10)  For  transfer  from  one  position  to  a  similar  position  in  the  same 
class  and  grade  and  foi'  reinstatement  within  one  year  of  persons  who 
without  fault  or  delin(|u.ency  on  their  pai't  are  sepai'ated  from  the  service 
01-  reduced. 

(11)  For  promotion  based  on  competitive  examination  and  records 
of  efficiency,  character,  conduct  and  seniority.  Lists  shall  be  created 
and  promotion  made  therefrom  in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  for 
original  ap{)ointment.  An  advancement  in  rank  or  an  increase  in  salary 
be\ond  the  limit  fixed  for  the  grade  by  the  rules  shall  constitute  promo- 
tion.    AVhenever  practicable  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  promotion. 

(12)  For  suspensions  for  not  longer  than  thirty  days  and  for  leaves 
(>f  absence. 

'"  (13)  For  discharge  or  reduction  in  rank  or  compensation  after 
appointment  or  promotion  is  complete,  only  after  the  person  to  be  dis- 
charged 01-  reduced  has  been  presented  with  the  reasons  for  such  discharge 
or  reduction  specifically  stated,  and  has  been  allowed  a  reasonable  time 
to  reply  thereto  in  Avriting.  The  reasons  and  the  reply  must  be  filed  as 
a  record  Avith  the  Commission. 

10  Provision  for  removal  is  authorized  by  Constitution,  Art.  XI,  sec.  T^.  Though 
not  expressly  mentioned  by  subd.  6  of  the  Constitutional  section,  it  is  clearly  implied 
from  the  entire  text  of  the  section  showing  intent  ' '  to  give  to  counties  in  their 
Charter  <rovernment  complete  control  of  all  the  officers  thereof,  as  to  their  election 
or  appointment  and  the  compensation  to  be  paid  to  them."  Gibson  v.  Civil  Service 
Commission,  27  Cal.  App.  896. 


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(14)  For  the  appointment  of  unskilled  laborers  and  such  skilled 
laborei-s  as  the  Commission  may  determine  in  the  order  of  priority  of 
application  after  such  tests  of  fitness  as  the  Commission  may  prescribe. 

(15)  For  the  establishment  of  a  bureau  of  efficiency,  consisting  of 
the  Commission,  the  Secretary  thereof  and  the  Auditor,  for  the  purpose 
of  determining  the  duties  of  each  position  in  the  classified  service,  fixing 
standards  of  efficiency,  investigating  the  methods  of  operation  of  the 
various  departments,  and  recommending  to  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and 
department  heads  measures  for  increasing  individual,  group  and  depart- 
mental efficiency,  and  providing  for  uniformity  of  competition  and  sim- 
plicity of  operation.  The  Commission  shall  ascertain  and  record  the 
comparative  efficiency  of  employes  in  the  classified  service  and  shall  have 
power,  after  hearing,  to  dismiss  from  the  service  those  Avho  fall  below  the 
standard  of  efficiency  established. 

(16)  For  the  adoption  and  amendment  of  rules  only  after  public 
notice  and  hearing. 

The  Commission  shall  adopt  such  other  rules  not  inconsistent  with 
the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  as  may  be  necessary  and  proper 
for  the  enforcement  of  this  article. 

Sec.  35 :  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  a  position  requiring  peculiar  and 
exceptional  qualifications  of  a  scientific,  professional  or  expert  character, 
upon  satisfactory  evidence  that  competition  is  impracticable  and  that  the 
position  can  best  be  filled  by  the  selection  of  some  designated  person  of 
recognized  attainments,  the  Commission  may,  after  public  hearing  and  by 
the  affirmative  vote  of  all  three  members  of  the  Commission,  suspend 
competition,  but  no  such  suspension  shall  be  general  in  its  application 
to  such  positions,  and  all  such  cases  of  suspension  shall  be  reported, 
tot^ether  with  the  reason  therefor,  in  the  annual  reports  of  the  Commission. 

Sec.  36  :  All  examinations  shall  be  impartial  and  shall  deal  with  the 
duties  and  requirements  of  the  position  to  be  filled.  When  oral  tests  are 
used,  a  record  of  the  examination,  showing  basis  of  rating,  shall  be  mad€w 
Examinations  shall  be  in  charge  of  the  chief  examiner  except  when 
members  of  the  commission  act  as  examiners.  The  Commission  may  call 
on  other  persons  to  draw  up,  conduct  or  mark  examinations,  and  Avhen 
such  persons  are  connected  Avith  the  county  service  it  shall  be  deemed 
a  part  of  their  official  duties  to  act  as  examiners  without  extra  com- 
pensation. 

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"  Sec.  37 :  All  persons  in  the  connty  or  township  service  holding 
positions  in  the  classified  service  as  established  by  this  Article,  at  the 
time  it  takes  effect,  whether  holding-  by  election  or  by  appointment,  and 
who  shall  have  been  in  such  service  for  the  six  months  next  preceding 
shall  hold  their  positions  until  discharged,  reduced,  promoted  or  trans- 
ferred in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Article.  The  Commis- 
sion shall  maintain  a  civil  list  of  all  persons  in  the  county  service,  showing 
in  connection  with  each  name  the  position  held,  the  date  and  character 
of  every  appointment  and  of  every  subsequent  change  in  status.  Each 
appointing  officer  shall  promptly  transmit  to  the  Commission  all  informa- 
tion required  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  said  civil  list. 

^^  Sec.  38  :  The  Auditor  shall  not  approve  any  salary  or  compensation 
for  services  to  any  person  holding  or  performing  the  duties  of  a  position 
in  the  classified  service,  unless  the  payroll  or  account  for  such  salary  or 
compensation  shall  bear  the  certificate  of  the  commission  that  the  persons 
named  therein  have  been  appointed  or  employed  and  are  performing 
service  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Article  and  of  the  rules 
established  thereunder. 

Sec.  39 :  Charges  against  am-  person  in  the  classified  service  may 
be  made  to  the  Commission  by  any  elector  of  the  county,  such  charges  to 
be  in  writing. 

Sec.  40 :  In  any  investigation  conducted  by  the  Commission  it  shall 
have  the  power  to  subpoena  and  require  the  attendance  of  witnesses  and 
the  production  thereby  of  books  and  papers  pertinent  to  the  investigation 
and  each  Commissioner  shall  have  the  poAver  to  administer  oaths  to  such 
witnesses. 

Sec.  41 :  No  person  in  the  classified  service,  or  seeking  admission 
thereto  shall  be  appointed,  reduced  or  removed  or  in  any  way  favored 
or  discriminated  against  because  of  his  political  or  religious  opinions  or 
affiliations. 

Sec.  42 :     No  officer  or  employe  of  the  county,  in  the  classified  serv- 

11  lu  the  case  of  Hunt  v.  Superior  Court,  17.3  Pac.  1097,  it  was  decided  that  the 
Constitution,  Art.  XI,  Sec.  71/0,  together  with  Charter  See.  56,  prevent  either  the 
removal  or  extension  of  the  tei-m  of  office  by  Charter  provisions  of  an  elective  officer 
holding  office  when  the  Charter  took  effect.  Whether  or  not  Charter  section  37 
operates  to  give  such  elective  officers  a  preferential  standing  for  reappointment,  the 
court  declined  to  decide. 

12  In  defining  the  duties  of  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  it  was  competent  for 
the  Charter  to  provide  that  the  Commission  should  furnish  the  Auditor  evidence 
that  the  officers  had  performed  their  duties.    Anderson  v.  I,ewis,  29  Cal.  App.  24. 

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ice,  shall  directly  or  indirectly,  solicit  or  receive,  or  be  in  any  manner 
concerned  in  soliciting  or  receiving,  any  assessment,  subscription  or 
contribution  for  any  political  party  or  political  purpose  whatever.  No 
person  shall,  orally  or  by  letter,  solicit  or  be  in  any  manner  concerned  in 
soliciting,  any  assessment,  subscription  or  contribution  for  any  political 
party  or  purpose  whatever  from  any  person  holding  a  position  in  the 
classified  service. 

Sec.  43 :  No  person  holding  a  position  in  the  classified  service  shall 
take  any  part  in  political  management  or  affairs  or  in  political  campaigns 
further  than  to  cast  his  vote  and  to  express  privately  his  opinions. 

Sec.  44:  Any  person  v/ilfully  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Article,  or  of  the  rules  established  thereunder,  shall  be  guilty  of  a 
misdemeanor. 

ARTICLE  X. 
Labor 

Sec.  45 :  In  the  employment  of  persons  in  the  service  of  the  county, 
Avhere  sex  does  not  actually  disqualify  and  where  the  quality  and  quantity 
of  service  is  equal,  there  shall  be  no  discrimination  in  selection  or  com- 
pensation, on  account  of  sex. 

Sec.  46 :  Eight  hours  shall  constitute  a  day 's  work  for  mechanics 
and  others  engaged  in  manual  labor  in  the  service  of  the  county. 

Sec.  47 :  In  fixing  compensation  to  be  paid  to  persons  under  the 
classified  civil  service,  the  Board  of  Supervisors  shall,  in  each  instance, 
provide  a  salary  or  Avage  at  least  equal  to  the  prevailing  salary  or  wage 
for  the  same  quality  of  service  rendered  to  private  persons,  firms  or 
corporations  under  similar  employment  in  case  such  prevailing  salary  or 
Avage  can  be  ascertained. 

Sec.  48 :  Every  person  who  shall  have  been  in  the  service  of  the 
county,  continuously,  for  one  year,  shall  be  allowed  a  vacation  of  two 
Aveeks  on  full  paj",  annually. 

Sec.  49:  The  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  i)r()hibit  enforced  labor 
Avithout  compensation  as  a  penalty  for  the  commission  of  public  offenses. 
The  net  earnings  of  all  county  prisonei-s,  based  upon  reasonable  compen- 
sation for  services  performed,  shall  go  to  the  support  of  their  dependents, 
and  if  such  prisoners  have  no  dependents,  such  net  earnings  shall  accumu- 
late and  be  paid  to  them  upon  their  discharge. 

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ARTICLE  XI. 
Recall. 

^^  Sec.  50 :  The  holder  of  any  elective  or  appointive  county  or  town- 
ship office  may  be  recalled  by  the  electors  at  any  time  after  he  has  held 
his  office  six  months.  The  provisions  of  this  Article  shall  apply  to  officials 
now  in  office,  and  to  those  hereafter  elected  or  appointed.  Such  recall 
shall  be  effected  as  follows:  A  petition  demanding  the  election  or 
appointment  of  a  successor  to  the  person  sought  to  be  recalled  shall  be 
filed  with  the  Registrar  of  Voters,  which  petition  shall  be  signed  by 
qualified  voters  equal  in  number  to  at  least  fifteen  per  cent  of  the  entire 
vote  cast  within  the  county  for  all  candidates  for  the  office  of  Governor 
of  the  State  at  the  last  preceding  election  at  which  a  Governor  was 
elected  (or  at  least  twenty-five  per  cent  of  such  vote  cast  within  the 
district  or  township  for  which  the  officer  sought  to  be  recalled  was 
elected  or  appointed,  in  case  of  an  official  not  elected  by  or  appointed  for 
the  county)  and  shall  contain  a  statement  of  the  grounds  on  wiiieh  the 
recall  is  sought.  No  insufficiency  of  form  or  substance  in  such  state- 
ment shall  affect  the  validity  of  the  election  and  proceedings  held  there- 
under. The  signatures  to  the  petition  need  not  all  be  appended  to  one 
paper.  Each  signer  shall  add  to  his  signature  his  place  of  occupation 
and  residence,  giving  street  and  number,  or  if  no  street  or  number  exist, 
then  such  a  designation  of  his  residence  as  will  enable  the  location  to  be 
readily  ascertained.  To  each  separate  paper  of  such  petition  shall  be 
attached  an  affidavit  made  by  a  qualified  elector  of  the  county,  stating 
that  the  affiant  circulated  that  particular  paper  and  saw  written  the  signa- 
tures appended  thereto,  and  that,  according  to  the  information  and  belief 
of  the  affiant,  each  of  said  signatures  is  genuine,  and  the  signature  of  a 
qualified  elector  of  the  county  (or  particular  subdivision  thereof  in  which 
such  signers  are  hereby  required  to  reside).  Within  ten  days  from  the 
filing  of  such  petition,  the  Registrar  of  Voters  shall,  from  the  records  of 
registration,  determine  whether  or  not  said  petition  is  signed  by  the 
requisite  number  of  qualified  voters,  and  he  shall  attach  to  said  petition 
his  certificate  showing  such  determination.  If  such  certificate  shows  the 
petition  to  be  insufficient,  it  may  be  supplemented  within  ten  days  from 

13  Initiative  and  referendum: 

Absence  in  the  Charter  of  provisions  fixing  a  time  for  the  taking  effect  of  or- 
dinances or  relative  to  the  initiative  and  referendum  makes  the  general  law  pro- 
visions effective  on  these  matters.     Cline  v,  Lewis,  175  Cal.  315. 

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the  date  of  the  certificate  by  the  filing  of  additional  papers,  duplicates 
of  the  original  petition  except  as  to  the  names  signed.  The  Registrar  of 
Voters  shall,  within  ten  days  after  such  additional  papers  are  filed,  ascer- 
tain from  the  records  of  registration,  and  certify  whether  or  not  the^ 
names  to  such  petition,  including  such  additional  papers,  are  still  insuffi- 
cient, and  if  insufficient,  no  action  shall  be  taken  thereon;  but  the  peti- 
tion shall  remain  on  file  as  a  public  record.  Tbe  failui'e  to  secure  sufficient 
names  shall  not  prejudice  the  filing  later  of  an  entirely  new  ])etition  to 
the  same  eifect.  If  required  by  the  Registrar  of  Voters,  the  Board  of 
Supervisors  shall  authorize  him  to  employ,  and  shall  provide  for  the  com- 
pensation of,  persons  necessary  in  the  examination  of  said  petition  and 
supplementing  petition,  in  addition  to  the  persons  regularly  employed 
by  him  in  his  office.  In  case  the  Registrar  of  Voters  is  the  officer  sought 
to  be  recalled,  the  duties  in  this  Article  provided  to  be  performed  by  him 
shall  be  performed  by  the  County  Clerk.  If  the  petition  shall  be  found 
to  be  sufficient,  the  Registrar  of  Voters  shall  submit  the  same  to  the  Board 
of  Supervisors  without  delay,  whereupon  the  Board  shall  forthwith  cause 
a  special  election  to  be  held  not  less  than  thirty-five  nor  more  than  forty 
days  after  the  date  of  the  order  calling  such  an  election,  to  determine 
whether  the  voters  shall  recall  such  officer.  If  a  vacancy  occur  in  said 
office  after  the  recall  petition  is  filed  and  the  office  is  elective,  the  election 
shall  nevertheless  proceed  as  in  this  section  provided.  One  petition  is 
sufficient  to  propose  the  recall  of  one  or  more  officials  and  the  election 
of  successors  to  such  thereof  as  are  elective.  Nominations  for  any  elec- 
tive office  under  such  recall  election  shall  be  made  by  petition  in  the 
manner  prescribed  by  section  1188  of  the  Political  Code.  Upon  the  sam- 
ple ballot  there  shall  be  printed,  in  not  more  than  two  hundred  words, 
the  grounds  set  forth  in  the  recall  petition  for  demanding  the  recall  of 
the  officer,  and  upon  the  same  ballot  in  not  more  than  two  hundred  words, 
the  officer  may  justify  himself.  There  shall  be  printed  on  the  recall 
ballot,  as  to  every  officer  whose  recall  is  to  be  voted  on,  the  following 
question:  "Shall  (name  of  person  against  whom  the  recall  petition  is 
filed)  he  recalled  from  the  office  of  (title  of  office)?"  following  which 
question  shall  be  the  words  "Yes"  and  "No"  on  separate  lines,  with  a 
blank  space  at  the  right  of  each,  in  Avhich  the  voter  shall,  bj^  stamping  a 
cross  (x)  indicate  his  vote  for  or  against  such  recall.  On  such  ballots, 
under  each  such  question  there  shall  also  be  printed,  if  the  officer  sought 
to  be  recalled  be  an  elective  officer,  the  names  of  those  persons  who 
shall  have  been  nominated  as  candidates  to  succeed  him,  in  case  he  shall 

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be  recalled  at  such  election ;  but  no  vote  shall  be  counted  for  any  candi- 
date for  said  office  unless  the  voter  also  voted  on  the  question  of  the 
recall  of  the  person  sougrht  to  be  recalled  therefrom.  The  name  of  the 
person  sought  to  be  recalled  shall  not  appear  on  the  ballot  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  office.  If  a  majority  of  those  voting  on  said  question  of 
the  recall  of  any  incumbent  shall  vote  ''No,"  said  incumbent  shall  con- 
tinue in  said  office.  If  a  majority  shall  vote  "Yes,"  said  incumbent 
shall  thereupon  be  deemed  removed  from  such  office,  upon  the  qualifi- 
cation of  his  successor.  The  canvassers  shall  canvass  the  votes  for 
candidates  for  said  office  and  declare  the  result  in  like  manner  as  in  a 
regular  election.  If  the  vote  at  any  such  recall  election  shall  recall  the 
officer,  then  the  candidate  who  has  received  the  highest  number  of  votes 
for  the  office  shall  be  thereby  declared  elected  for  the  remainder  of 
the  term.  In  case  the  person  who  received  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  fail  to  qualify  within  ten  days  after  receiving  the  certificate  of 
election,  the  office  shall  be  deemed  vacant  and  shall  be  filled  according 
to  law.  If  the  incumbent  of  an  appointive  office  be  recalled  at  such 
election,  his  successor  shall  be  appointed  immediately  after  the  can- 
vassing of  the  vote. 

Before  any  petition  can  be  filed  under  this  section  for  the  recall  of 
any  person  in  the  classified  service  of  the  county,  there  shall  be  presented 
to,  and  be  passed  upon  by,  the  Civil  Service  Commission,  a  complaint  in 
writing  giving  the  grounds  for  and  asking  the  removal  of  such  person. 
Such  complaint  must  be  considered  and  be  finally  acted  upon  by  the 
Commission  Avithin  twenty  days  after  such  filing. 

Until  such  time  as  the  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  appoint  a  Regis- 
trar of  Voters  under  the  provisions  of  this  Charter,  the  powers  and 
duties  by  this  section  conferred  upon  the  Registrar  of  Voters  shall  be 
exercised  and  performed  by  the  County  Clerk.  In  case,  at  any  time 
prior  to  the  appointment  of  such  Registrar  of  Voters,  the  County  Clerk 
shall  be  sought  to  be  recalled,  such  powers  and  duties,  in  and  about 
the  matter  of  such  proposed  recall,  shall  be  exercised  and  performed 
by  some  other  officer  or  person  to  be  designated  by  the  Board  of 
Supervisors. 


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ARTICLE  XII. 
Miscellaneous. 

Sec.  51 :  Each  county  or  township  officer,  Board  of  Commissioner 
shall  appoint,  from  the  eligible  civil  service  list,  for  either  permanent 
or  temporary  service,  all  assistants,  librarians,  deputies,  clerks,  attaches 
and  other  persons  in  the  office  or  department  of  such  officer,  Board  or 
Commission,  as  the  number  thereof  is  fixed  and  from  time  to  time 
changed  by  the  Board  of  Supervisors;  provided,  that  appointments  to 
the  unclassified  service  in  their  respective  offices  and  departments  shall 
be  made  by  such  officers,  Boards  and  Commissions,  without  reference  to 
such  eligible  list. 

"  Sec.  52 :  The  compensation  of  any  elective  county  or  township 
officer  shall  not  be  increased  nor  diminished  during  the  term  for  which 
he  was  elected,  nor  Avithin  ninety  days  preceding  his  election. 

No  compensation  for  any  position,  nor  of  any  person  under  civil 
service,  shall  be  increased  or  diminished  without  the  consent  of  the  Civil 
Service  Commission  specifically  given  thereto  in  writing. 

Sec.  53 :  WheneA'er  any  person  in  the  service  of  the  county  is 
compelled  to  travel  in  the  performance  of  his  duty,  he  shall,  in  addition 
to  his  regular  compensation,  be  reimbursed  for  his  actual  necessary 
expenditures  for  transportation,  the  hire  of  conveyances,  and  for  lodg- 
ing and  meals.  An  itemized  account  of  such  expenditures  shall  be  filed 
with  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors  and  be  approved  by  the 
Auditor  before  being  paid.  The  Board  of  Supervisors  shall  fix  a  maxi- 
mum price  to  be  paid  for  such  lodging  and  meals,  Avhich  shall  be  uniform 
and  be  made  applicable  to  all  persons  alike,  including  members  of  the 
Board  of  Supervisors. 

Sec.  54 :  No  attorney,  agent,  stockholder  or  employe  of  any  firm, 
association  or  corporation  doing  business  under  or  by  virtue  of  any 
franchise  granted  by,  or  contract  made  with  the  county,  shall,  nor 
shall  any  person  doing  such  business,  nor  shall  any  person  financially 
interested  in  any  such  franchise  or  contract,  be  eligible  to  or  hold  any 
appointive  county  office. 

Sec.  55 :     The  District  Attorney,  Public  Defender.  County  Counsel, 

and  their  deputies,  shall  not  engage  in  any  private  law  practice,  and 

they  shall  devote  all  their  time  and  attention  during  business  hours  to 

the  duties  of  their  respective  offices. 

1*  The  salary  of  an  elective  officer  is  the  amount  fixed  by  the  law  in  force  the 
91st  day  prior  to  election.  Cline  v.  Lewis,  17.5  Cal.  315.  See,  also,  County  v.  Hammel, 
26  Cal.  App.  .580. 

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^^  Sec.  56 :  Nothing  in  this  Charter  is  intended  to  affect,  or  shall  be 
construed  as  affecting,  the  tenure  of  office  of  any  of  the  elective  officers 
of  the  county  or  of  any  district,  toAvnship  or  division  thereof,  in  office 
at  the  time  this  Charter  goes  into  effect,  and  such  officers  shall  continue 
to  hold  their  respective  offices  until  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which 
they  shall  have  been  elected  unless  sooner  removed  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law ;  nor  shall  anything  in  this  Charter  be  construed  as  chang- 
ing or  affecting  the  compensation  of  any  such  officer  during  the  term 
for  which  he  shall  have  been  elected.  But  the  successors  of  each  and 
all  of  such  officers  shall  be  elected  or  appointed  as  in  this  Charter  pro- 
vided-, and  not  otherwise. 

Sec.  57:  This  Charter  shall  take  effect  at  noon  on  the  first  Monday 
in  June,  1913. 

We,  the  undersigned  members  of  the  Board  of  Fifteen  Freeholders 
of  the  County  of  Los  Angeles,  in  the  State  of  California,  elected  at  a 
special  election  held  in  the  said  County  on  the  14th  day  of  May,  1912. 
to  prepare  and  provide  a  Charter  for  the  said  County,  under  and  in 
accordance  with  Section  7I/2  of  Article  XI  of  the  Constitution  of  this 
State,  have  prepared,  and  we  do  hereby  propose,  the  foregoing  as  and 
for  a  Charter  for  said  County. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  hereunto  sign  our  names  in  duplicate  this 
24th  day  of  September,  1912. 

*LEWIS  R.  WORKS,  Chairman. 
FREDERICK  BAKER, 
AVILLIS  H.  BOOTH, 
T.  H.  DUDLEY, 
M'lLLIAM  A.  ENGLE, 
DAVID  EVANS, 
H.  C.  HUBBARD, 
J.  M.  HUNTER, 
GEORGE  F.  KERNAGHAN, 
FRANK  R.  SEAVER, 
J.  H.  STRINE, 
CHARLES  WELLBORN. 

15  This  section,  in  so  far  as  it  refers  to  tenure  of  office,  practically  repeats  the 
provisions  contained  in  the  Constituiton,  Art.  XI,  Sec.  IVo,  and  has  been  sustained 
in  the  following  cases:  County  of  Los  Angeles  v.  Hammel,  26  Cal.  App.  580  (relative 
to  payment  of  fees  collected  by  SherifP) ;  Hunt  v.  Superior  Court,  173  Pac.  1097  (as  to 
removal  from  office). 

*During  the  early  stages  of  the  work  of  preparing  the  Charter,  Hon.  N.  W. 
Thompson,  who  had  been  elected  president  of  the  Board  of  Freeholders,  was  called 
out  of  the  state  for  a  considerable  period.  On  his  departure,  Judge  Works  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  toard  and  presided  over  its  deliberations  until  the  Charter 
was  completed. 


INDEX  TO  CHARTER 

APPOINTMENT  (See  Officers-Deputies)  Sec. 

Of  assistants,  deputies,  etc.      -------     51 

Of  Officers  by  Board  of  Supervisors      -     -     -     -     11   (subd.     1) 

ASSESSOR 

Elective  officer,  unclassified    -------     12,     13,     33 

ASSISTANTS  (See  Deputies) 
ATTACHES  (See  Deputies) 

AUDITOR 

Non-approval  of  uiicei-tified  payrolls  by  -     -     -     38 

BOARD  OF  SUPERVISORS 

Election — terms — vacancies    -     - 6,       8 

Powers  and  duties     ----------     10,     11 

BUREAU  OF  EFFICIENCY 

Duties     --------------     34   (subd.  15) 

CANDIDATE,  Civil  Service  Rules    ------     34  (su})d.     4) 

CHARGES,  for  Removal  of  Employee    -----     39 

CHARITIES 

Management  of    -----------     22 

CIVIL  SERVICE 

CTenerally     -------------  33 

Rules  for  enforcement  of  --------  34 

Tax  for  maintenance      ---------  32 

CIVIL  SERVICE  COMMISSION 

Action  on  requests  for  removal  of  employees     -  50 

Charges  may  be  filed  with     -------  39 

Organization,  compensation,  classification    -     -  30,     31,     33 

Powers  generally      - -     -     -  34,     35,     36 

Shall  certify  payrolls    ---------  38 

Subpoena  by    ------------  "10 

CLERKS  (See  Employees) 


COMPENSATION  Sec. 

Board  of  Supervisors  shall  fix     ------  11 

Consent  of  Civil  Service  Commission  to  increase 

or  decrease    -----------  52 

Of  elective  officers    ----------  52 

To  conform  to  rates  in  private  employments     -  47 

COMPETITION 

For  Civil  Service  Appointment  ------  34  (subd.     2) 

When  dispensed  ^\^th     ---------  34  (subd.     8)     35 

CONSTABLES 

Ex-officio  deputy  sheriffs  --------  18,     28 

Number,  appointment  of     --------  H   (subd.     2) 

17,     18 

CONSTABULARY  DEPARTMENT   -----  28 

COUNTY  COUNSEL 

Duties  ------- -  21 

Shall  not  engage  in  private  practice     -     -     -     -  55 

COUNTY  OFFICERS 

Appointment  by  Board  of  Supervisors  -     -     -     -  11   (subd.     1) 

Appointive  officers  enumerated  ------  14 

Compensation  changed  Avith  consent  of  Civil 

Service  Commission    --------  52 

Compensation  fixed  by  Supervisors     -     -     -     -  11 

Elective  officers,  enumeration  of  and  terms     -  12,     13,     56 

Official  bonds  -     - -     -  11   (subd.     6) 

Powers  and  duties  as  under  general  law  -     -     -  25 

Power  to  appoint  assistants,  deputies,  etc.     -     -  51 

COURTS 

Inferior  court  officers    -     -     - -  11   (subd.     2)      17 

Secretary  of  Superior  Court  not  county  officer  14   (Note) 

DEPUTIES  (Assistants,  Clerks,  Attaches,  Employ- 
ees) appointment  by  Board  of  Supervisors  11   (subd.     1) 
Appointment  by  county  officers     -----  51 
Classified  or  unclassified     --------  34 


DEPUTIES     (Continued)  Sec. 

Number  and  compensation -     -     11   (subd.     3) 

Status  when  Charter  adopted     ------     37 

DISCHARGE  (DISMISSAL,  REMOVAL)     -     -     -     34  (subd.  13  &  15) 

50 

DISTRICT  ATTORNEY 

Elective  office  ------------     12,     13,     33 

Shall  not  engage  in  private  practice     -     -     -     -     55 

EDUCATION,  COUNTY  BOARD  OF   -  -    -  33 

EIGHT  HOUR  DAY -  46 

ELIGIBLES,  under  Civil  Service  Rules    -     -     -     -    34  (subd.     4) 

ELIGIBILITY,  for  appointive  office,  affected  by  in- 
terest in  contract  or  franchise  -------     54 

ELIGIBLE  LISTS,  Civil  Service  Rules     -     -     -     -  34  (subd.     4) 

EMPLOYEES  (See  Deputies) 

EXAMINATIONS,  Civil  Service  Rules     -     -    -     -  34  (subd.     1)     36 

EXPENSES,  Traveling    ----------  53 

EXPERTS 

No  civil  service  requirements     ------     35 

FEES 

Payable  into  county  treasury     ------     lo,     20 

GENERAL  LAW,  as  to  Powers  and  Duties     -     -     -     25 
HIGHWAYS      -     -     -     -     -------  -     26,     27 

INITIATIVE  AND  REFERENDUM    -----     50  (Note) 

JUSTICES  OF  THE  PEACE 

Number,  election  of,  compensation      -     -     -     -     11   (subd.     2) 

17,     18,     19 

LABOR,  Civil  Service  Rules    -     -     - 34  (subd.  14) 

Eight  hour  day    -----------     4b 

"Wages  at  prevailing  rates       -------     4< 


LICENSE  COLLECTOR  Sec. 

Tax  Collector  shall  act  ---------     14 

OFFICERS  (See  Comity  Officers) 

OFFICIAL  BONDS    ------ 11   (subd.     5) 

ORDINANCES 

Time  of  taking  effect     -------         -     50  (Note) 

PAYROLL,  Certification  by  Civil  Service  Commis- 
sion    ---------------38 

POLITICS 

Civil  service  employees  not  to  engage  in  -     -     -     42 
No  discrimination  because  of     ------     41 

PROBATIONARY  PERIOD,  Civil  Service  Rules     -     34.  (subd.     7) 

PROMOTION 

Civil  Service  Rules    ----------     34   (subd.  11) 

PUBLIC  ADMINISTRATOR 

County  Counsel  shall  represent     -----     21 

PUBLIC  DEFENDER 

Duties     --------------     23 

Shall  not  engage  in  private  practice     -     -     -     -     55 

PURCHASING  AGENT 

Duties      ----.----.----     24 

RECALL    -     -        --.--..-----     50 
REDUCTION  IN  RANK,  Civil  Service  Rules     -     -     34  (subd.  13) 

RELIGION 

No  discrimination  by  reason  of     -----     41 

REMOVALS  (See  Discharge) 

ROADS      -------..------     26 

ROAD  COMMISSIONER 

Duties     --------------     27 

ROAD  DISTRICTS 

^lay  be  established  by  supervisors     -     -     -     -     26 


RULES  Sec. 

Board  of  Supervisors  to  adopt 11  (subd.     6) 

Civil  Service  Rules    - 34 

SALARIES  (See  Compensation) 
SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OFFICERS 

County  Counsel  shall  represent     -----     21 

SCHOOL  TEACHERS 

No  civil  service  requirements -     33 

SEX 

No  discrimination  by  reason  of  ------     45 

SHERIFF 

Elective  office,  terms     -     - -     12,     13 

Head  of  constabulary    ---------     20 

SUPERVISORS  (See  Board  of  Supervisors) 

SUPERVISORIAL  DISTRICTS 

Boundaries        ------- 5,     7 

SUPPLIES 

Furnished  through  purchasing  agent     -     -     -     24 

SUSPENSIONS,  Civil  Service  Rules     -----     34  (subd.  12) 

TEMPORARY  EMPLOYMENTS 

Civil  Service  Rules    ----------     34  (subd.     9) 

TENURE 

Of  elective  offices      ----------     56 

TOWNSHIP  OFFICERS     ---------     17 

TRANSFERS,  Civil  Service  Rules     ------     34  (subd.  10) 

TRAVELING  EXPENSES   --------  53 

VACANCIES 

Appointive  officers  (Civil  Service  Rules)     -     -  34 

In  Board  of  Supervisors    --------  8 

Other  elective  offices     ---------  16 

VACATIONS      -------- 48 

WAGES  (See  Labor) 


SOUTHERN  BRANCH, 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA, 

LIBRARY, 

eOS.  ANGELES,  CAL»F, 


